Now Reading: Eat and Run, by vegan ultramarathoner, Scott Jurek

So far, Eat and Run is an engaging read.  The story moves along well and is interrupted occasionally by recipes that look easy enough.  Here's an excerpt from a recent interview on boston.com:

Q. When did you change to a vegan diet?

A.I was not raised vegan. I was raised hunting and fishing in Minnesota, and ate meat and potatoes. Corn, carrots, and peas were really the only vegetables I ate as a kid, and in college, working part time I ate junk food and fast food. Then, after reading Dr. Andrew Weil’s book "Spontaneous Healing, realized it’s really about a whole picture of nutrition and the maintenance of your body’s healing system.

And a trailer for the book: